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From: Joe - G4XRZ (no email)
Date: Fri Jul 02 2004 - 15:04:08 EDT
Hello James.
Many thanks for the reply, I managed to find the group.. great stuff.
Jayne and I don't want to use slips at at all if we can avoid it so
no problems on the bowsprit however long it is. The size of the boat
has many advantages to us, ie - it has generally lower 'running'
costs than a 40 (or indeed 36 or 37).
If you can find me a boat in that size range though, with at least
the following, I would certainly take a look.
Small, well drained cockpit - or none - as per Colvin's Gazelle.
Cutter rig if possible.
Extremely well built hull.
Medium thin water capabilities.
Ability to dry against a wall or be 'legged'
Good anchor woring area.
Easy to manage sails and rig for single handed (although 2 of us are
to be on the boat, obviously a lot of the time will be single handed
due to watch duty)
Full keel, or cut away fore
Preferably prop accessible easilly in the water, and transom mounted
rudder.
Bags of storage and plenty of strategic handholds.
Proven history.
Good 'back yard' - ie - plenty of deck area to work and play.
and, most importantly :-) .. it looks right ! :-)
Joe n Jayne
--- In , "Baumgart, James"
<james dot baumgart at s dot dot dot > wrote:
> Westsail owners association http://www.westsail.org/
> <http://www.westsail.org/>
> Westsail parts and services http://www.westsail.com/
> <http://www.westsail.com/>
>
> Check the above links out, should have everything you need. I
also like the
> Westsail 32 but don't like having an 11 foot bowsprit. You need a
40 foot
> slip to keep this boat. Thats expensive. Perhaps a couple of
boats in the
> 36 - 37 foot range can do as well.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe - G4XRZ [mailto:captainslarty at n dot dot dot ]
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 5:35 AM
> To:
> Subject: [world-cruising] I may have found my ideal cruising
boat...
> (Westsail ?)
>
>
> Hello all, I have been looking for a quality bluewater cruiser for
2
> adults for a year now, researching designs and must haves etc..
> Being a 'Brit' somewhat limits our choice of boats to go and
> physically see, and to this end we had settled on a trusty
Nicholson
> 35 as our ideal cruiser (although FINDING one is like finding
> rockinghorse droppings these days - found a nice one in Ireland
but
> realised it had been 'upgraded' with in-mast furling - aghhhh !!
so
> that one was scrubbed).
> However, I have been reading this list from post 1 in the last few
> days, and came across a design that I had not previously
considered -
> the Westsail 32.. it looks superb for our needs and has virtually
> everything on my MUST have list. One thing I cannot find though is
a
> measure of the headroom in the saloon, nav, galley and v-berth ?
can
> anyone assist please ?.
>
> Also, any W32 owners care to comment about their experiences ?
>
> I have to take the VAT payment into consideration as most of the
> boats appear to be stateside, but the prices they seem to be
> fetching would be ok to pay EU vat as well.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Joe n Jayne
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